Federal workers of American health agencies say they are nervous after a conservative group published more than 50 of their names and photos on a website after a orthodox group and was described as a “target” at one point. The so -called “Dei Wallist” registered in November triggers alarm among civil servants as it received traction amidst the efforts of President Donald Trump, which to purify the government of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) Was in efforts.
Website – which initially described workers as “targets” – now displays “dosier” for workers, claims that such an initiative has been promoted, most of which are black and women. .
The group behind it, non -profit American Accountability Foundation, says it is planning to add another 40 names on Tuesday.
A federal activist profiled by the site said he was concerned about his safety when a colleague alerted him to the list and his tipline.
“First, it was a little fear,” the person, who requested oblivion for security reasons, told AFP.
“Is my life about changing forever? Then, I think it turned into a bit angry.”
Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, said that he said that he felt “disappointed” to see the website of most colored people, who are not the main policy makers, including friends, he said ” Have become absolutely silent.
“It jerks me, hurts me, I am afraid of my friends,” he told AFP. “They are ruining life.”
He said that the use of photographs was particularly disturbing and compared to the harassment faced by Ruby Freeman, a Georgia election worker accused of cheating in 2020, who later after registering the defamation cases after registering defamation cases. Received millions of dollars.
“People have previously done this type of doxing, and it puts people at physical risk.”
Crime payable
The title of each worker has his name, photo, job title and other publicly available information: “A quick summary of DEI offenses.” Those “crimes” include donating democrats and using online pronouns. They also include posting – or conversation with – with critical messages of Black Lives Matter or Trump.
A person’s “dossier” highlights how he liked LinkedIn Post from a connection, which contributed to a book in the race.
There was another song to help people sign up for cheap care act during internships a decade ago. A third of the Koronwirus updated his Facebook profile picture during the epidemic: “Home Bachao Lives.”
One of the few white people involved is listed for a pre -role with an environmental protection fund, a non -profit environmental advocacy group.
The federal activist who talked to AFP said that many people focused on health equity issues on the website, such as offering mobile health screening in a low -income neighborhood.
The American Accountability Foundation has previously published a list of workers in other agencies, such as the Homeland Security Department, where it identified the authorities, accused of obstructing efforts to secure the border.
Last year, the group received a grant of $ 100,000 from the Heritage Foundation, which produced a controversial project 2025 memo to laying a vision for Trump’s administration.
Spokesperson Yitz Freedman dismissed concerns that the new “DEE Wochelist” could put workers in danger as a “false base”, saying that fear is “based on a fiction”.
He said that since the launch of the website, his team has received threats himself.
“We only reviewed public information,” Freedman told the AFP, the group “created a site to expose government employees, which” pushes extreme, leftist, racist ideologies. “
But the federal activist who spoke to the AFP said that they had heard that some others in the list distributed pizza anonymously in their homes last week, an act that was “described as a message, ‘ We know where you live. “
More than a dozen workers have removed their LinkedIn profiles. One wrote on Instagram that he scrubbed his bio as he was “harassed.”
The AFP analysis found that “DEE Wrachalist” is now the top result when searching for the names of some workers, when an AFP analysis was found.
The worker told the AFP that he consulted a lawyer, filed a complaint with a state Attorney General and alerted MPs and NAACP Civil Rights Group.
The FBI has also been contacted, he said.
“We are now even more dedicated to stay in our jobs and fight back,” the person said, “Dei Walchalist” “is building our class-carriage trial for us.”
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